NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Magazine has named 14 lawyers from Phelps Dunbar’s New Orleans office to its Top Lawyers list for 2016. The attorneys include: Lee R. Adler – Banking and Finance Law Nan Alessandra – Labor and Employment Law Jane...

On October 5, 2016, Judge Jane Triche Milazzo of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued an opinion recognizing that a seaman may recover punitive damages for his employer’s failure to provide timely medical...

NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans CityBusiness recognized Phelps Dunbar as one of the metro area’s Best Places to Work for 2016 during a special event Friday, December 2 at the Hyatt Regency. Phelps Dunbar, which marked its eighth time on the list...

Entrepreneurs, innovators and employers rely on foreign talent to launch new businesses or supplement their local labor supply; however, business and employment-based immigration is expected to change significantly in the next four years...

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